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Expert: - 6/27/2011


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My husband was diagnosed with a melanoma frontal lobe brain tumor at Travis AFB in California. He was given dexamethasone and 5 strong radiation treatments.  They helped so he was able to talk and eat with a fork.  He was given 6 months and sent home on hospice on June 1, 2011.  In January 2011 he had cyberknife surgery that removed two melanoma lung tumors in Wichita KS.  Apparently the brain tumor was too small to show on the Xray.  Would cyberknife surgery remove the present brain tumor and allow him to drive again?

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Depends on the size of his brain lesion. If it is not too big (up to around one inch or 2.5 cm) it MAY work with the CyberKnife or the GammaKnife or with proton beams. But I can not promise that he will be able to drive again and it will probably not change his sad prognosis. I'm sorry I have nothing better to tell you!




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Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.

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I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, educated and trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 . I have no restrictions on the number of questions there. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.

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